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The Constitution was framed under the dominion of a political philosophy less parochial in range. It was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long run prosperity and salvation are in union and not division.

— Benjamin N. Cardozo

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Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other form of freedom.

Metaphors in law are to be narrowly watched, for starting as devices to liberate thought, they end often by enslaving it.

Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances. Substitute statute for decision, and you shift the center of authority, but add no quota of inspired wisdom.

Lecture at Yale University Law School (1923)

Fraud includes the pretense of knowledge when knowledge there is none.

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